nostalgic
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I am not nostalgic for poverty or for war—my family’s sacrifices were real costs, not romantic ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026
I didn’t set out to write something nostalgic.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
A nostalgic tale about family, hope and hardship, Dear You has swept the box office in China this summer - and opened an unexpected conversation about identity thousands of miles away in Singapore.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
“That experience is very nostalgic and very, like, ‘This is not as serious.’
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
For the first time I thought I had seen in his eyes some sort of nostalgic sentiment, a weakness maybe.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
Vocabulary lists containing nostalgic
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